Julia, I loved that movie…thanks for giving up the skinny on the house! It was written by David Auburn. She also learns that Alex was killed in a traffic accident exactly two years ago to the day and realizes why he never showed up for their date – he was the man who died in Daley Plaza. When my husband and I were first married (1965) there was a glass house near where we lived in Scottsdale. My favorite post of the entire site is Practical Magic. A drawing of the lake house on the conference room wall catches her attention and upon asking, Henry Wyler informs her the artist was his brother, Alex, and Kate realizes that this was the same Alex with whom she had been corresponding. It could have been spectacular if it was allowed to be a character in the film. [10], Writing for USA Today, Claudia Puig described The Lake House as "one of the more befuddling movies of recent years. The scenes where Kate and Morgan go to Henry's office, and Kate's dramatic exit down the stairs, were filmed at the Chicago Architecture Foundation. The story reminds me of a Richard Bach book called Bridge Across Forever in which he talks about alternate lives/realities. Such great memories, I walked that walking tour for many years. He had a crush on Julie Andrews! Well, now I’ll have to rent it. The building that was used as Morgan's office in downtown Riverside has been torn down. Happy Valentine’s Day! Angela, Canberra Australia. Really cool! Sandra Bullock has an even stronger negative effect on me, partly because, other than her role in “Hope Floats” she simply does not play well, romantically. I, too, was frustrated throughout the movie (which I love and own) that there isn’t more opportunity to see the house. The house in Practical Magic is on e of my all-time favorite movie houses. “The house was our most important set, the one key piece around which the story revolves. The one with the curved roman arch headboard and footboard. Thanks FOO for mentioning the unexplainable attic. Post of the Day : JENNIFER ANISTON’S HOUSE FOR SALE! I also liked Christopher Plummer as Captain Von Trapp. She later remembered the meeting as a vague memory in the past. very, very interesting…thanks for posting it! It was fun reading the different facts about it. I was wondering if anyone might have information about furnishings in the movie the Lake House. Then came back to live at State and Scott Street, those houses on State Parkway were my neighbors in 1995. What a neat house. The house is neglected, with no sign of paw prints anywhere. The Lake House is a film that shows many of the daily issues of architects’ lives. [7], On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 35% based on 156 reviews, with a weighted average score of 5.01/10. Zoom to the clearing on the eastern shore. Alex (Reeves) is living in 2004, but Kate (Bullock) is in 2006, which is kind of a problem. I spent many days around the lake and the surrounding forest area. Their correspondence takes them through several events, including Alex finding a book, Jane Austen's Persuasion, at a railway station where Kate said she would have lost it, and Alex taking Kate on a walking tour of his favorite places in Chicago via an annotated map that he leaves in the mailbox. Wish I knew about the movie then, so I could have been there to see the scenes being filmed in Riverside, too; live so close in Melrose Park, Il.. Would love to meet Sandra Bullock; she is such a National Treasure! Sandra Bullock is my favorites actress of all time. It's so sad that so many of the buildings (especially the house on the Lake) have since been demolished. xoxox, Ricki Jill, Haven’t seen The Lake House!! 35 tons of steel and a crew of nearly one hundred was required to finish the house by the time filming was scheduled to begin. in essence, it’s a time travel story in which a woman in the present corresponds with a man living two years in the past. HOW MUCH? Copyright © 2020 Hooked on Houses Hosted on WP Engine | Built on the Genesis Framework Site Design by 3200 Creative, The Craftsman Bungalow in “I Love You, Beth Cooper”, Samantha’s Malibu Beach House from “Sex and the City”, Tanya from dans-le-townhouse.blogspot.com, Mary Martinez @ House Builders in Melbourne, The House from the Sandra Bullock Movie “The Proposal”, Behind the Scenes: Filming at the Stone Farmhouse in “Marley & Me”, Meg Ryan’s Brownstone in “You’ve Got Mail”, https://hookedonhouses.net/2009/10/25/practical-magic-a-victorian-house-fit-for-a-witch/.

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